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Spanish master Francisco de Goya's
painting Children With a Cart is seen in this undated handout photo.
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BEIJING,
Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A painting by 18th century Spanish master Francisco
de Goya was stolen last week while being transported from Ohio to New York for
an exhibition and a bounty of 50,000 U.S. dollars was offered for information
leading to its recovery.
The 228-year-old painting, Children With a Cart, is owned
by the Toledo Museum, and is insured for more than 1 million dollars.
The painting was stolen near Scranton, Pennsylvania, while
being transported from Ohio's Toledo Museum of Art, which acquired the work in
1959, to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, according to a joint
statement issued on Monday by the two museums.
The work was to be displayed at a Guggenheim exhibition,
"Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth and History," scheduled
to open on Friday.
The painting was being carried by a professional art
transporter at the time of the theft, the museums said.
The painting, measuring nearly 5-foot high and 3-foot
wide, "would be virtually impossible to sell and therefore has no value on the
open market," the museums said in the release.
The FBI in Philadelphia is investigating the theft. "We
are pursing all logical leads and tips in this investigation," said Jerri
Williams, an FBI spokeswoman in Philadelphia.
The insurer has offered a reward of up to 50,000
dollars for information leading to the recovery of the artwork.
Children With a Cart was painted in 1778 as a model for a
tapestry. It depicts four colorfully dressed children and a wooden cart at the
base of a dark tree, with a billowing cloud in the background.
(Agencies)
